Hangul

E25453

Hangul is the native alphabetic writing system of the Korean language, renowned for its scientific design and ease of learning.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Hangul canonical 214
Hangeul 2
Chosŏn'gŭl 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Korean script
alphabet
featural alphabet
writing system
alsoKnownAs Hangul
surface form: Chosŏn'gŭl

Hangul
surface form: Hangeul

Joseongeul
commemoratedOn Hangul Day
countryOfOrigin Korean Peninsula
surface form: Korea
createdBy Joseon court scholars
creator Sejong the Great
dateOfCreation 1443
dateOfProclamation 1446
developedIn Joseon
surface form: Joseon dynasty
encodingStandard Unicode
graphemicUnit jamo
HangulDayObservedIn North Korea
South Korea
hasJamoType choseong (initial consonant)
jongseong (final consonant)
jungseong (medial vowel)
influenced Korean Braille
influencedBy phonological structure of Korean
ISO15924Code Hang
ISO15924Number 286
nativeLanguageOf Korean
surface form: Korean language
numberOfBasicConsonants 14
numberOfBasicVowels 10
officialScriptOf North Korea
South Korea
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
originalName Hunminjeongeum
recognizedFor ease of learning
phonemic transparency
scientific design
scriptType alphabetic
featural
syllableStructure block-like syllable clusters
UnicodeBlock Hangul Compatibility Jamo
Hangul self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hangul Jamo

Hangul Jamo Extended-A
Hangul Jamo Extended-B
Hangul self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hangul Syllables
usedIn Koreans
surface form: Korean diaspora communities

North Korea
South Korea
writingDirection left-to-right
top-to-bottom
writingSystemFor Korean
surface form: Korean language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (223)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hwanghae dialect script Hangul
Jeju dialect writingSystem Hangul
Jeju dialect usesScript Hangul
Yoo writingSystem Hangul
Koh hasWritingSystem Hangul
Geumwang-eup writingSystem Hangul
Daeso-myeon writingSystem Hangul
Gaya-dong writingSystem Hangul
Sinuiju, Korea writingSystemUsed Hangul
subject surface form: Sinuiju
Southern Korea scriptUsed Hangul
Gimhae writingSystem Hangul
Oryun-dong writingSystem Hangul
Hwaseong writingSystem Hangul
Lim writingSystem Hangul
Gwanak-gu writingSystem Hangul
Byung-chul writingSystem Hangul
Nonsan writingSystem Hangul
Sinchon-dong writingSystem Hangul
Osan-dong writingSystem Hangul
Dangjin writingSystem Hangul
Inchon, South Korea writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Incheon
Suwon writingSystemUsed Hangul
Seongnam writingSystem Hangul
Koo writingSystem Hangul
In-hwoi script Hangul
Uijeongbu writingSystem Hangul
Yongin writingSystem Hangul
Yeo scriptOfOrigin Hangul
Bucheon writingSystem Hangul
Chaek writingSystem Hangul
Ansan writingSystem Hangul
Namyangju writingSystem Hangul
Suyeong-gu, Busan writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Suyeong-gu
Naju writingSystem Hangul
Songdo-dong writingSystem Hangul
Mungyeong writingSystem Hangul
Gyeryong city writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Gyeryong
Yeonsu-gu writingSystem Hangul
Buk-gu writingSystem Hangul
subject surface form: Buk-gu, Busan